Adolph moonelis



(No Model.)

A. MOONELIS.

01am. N0. 456,312; Patented July 21, 1891.

- ATTORNEY UNrTE STATES ATENT Price.

ADOLPH MOONELIS, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BENJAMINLIOHTENSTEIN, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 456,312, dated July 21,1891.

Application filed December 30, 1890. Serial NO. 3761210. (No model.)

ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cigars, having among otherthings a shape whichwill enable them to belighted at either end.

My invention has special reference to improvements in cigars orcigarettes which have a wrapper spirally disposed around them in theusual manner, the wrapper being fastened at one end, known as the tuck,by binding the end of the wrapper between the fold, and

at the other end by pasting the wrapperdown so as to secure it. WVhenthe cigar is so constructed-that is, with the wrapper so arrangedit canbe only lighted at one endthatis, thetuck end-and even if itshould bedesired to light it at the other end, upon doing so it will be foundthat the wrapper will run fold from the bunch.

In a cigar made according to my invention the wrapper will not unfold,but may be ignited at either end alike.

In the manufacture of my cigar I do not limit myself to the use ofeither what is known as scrap or long filler tobacco, as either may beused.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal side elevation of a cigar orcigarette made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal section of the same.

In the manufacture of my cigar I take either scrap or long filler, makethe bunch or interior part of the cigar, and place it within a mold orwork it by hand, which gives to the bunch the desired shape. The wrapperA is then spirally disposed about the bunch in the manner hereinafterset forth. The cigar is now shaped and ready for use. This shape is asrepresented in the drawings, in which B is the bunch and A the wrapper.It will be there seen that on line 1 2 the cigar is, in the terms of theart, bellied orincreased in diameter. This belly is locatedsubstantially semidistant from the ends 3 4; The mold confers upon thebunch a further shape, which consists in gradually decreasing the sizeof the cigar from the belly 1 2 down to the extreme ends 3 4 of thecigar, which are smaller than the belly, the decrease in the size takingplace on both sides of the belly in equal portions-that.is, the cigarhas, according to my invention, a central belly and a contour from thebelly to the ends, which cromprises a section of gradually-decreasingdiameter to the apex'of the same. The ends 3 4 are squared, as shown,leaving the cigar ready for use without cutting. Of course allowancemust be made for slight changes which may be wrought upon the bunch inhandling and in placing the wrapper around the cigar. This shape hasmany novel features, among the foremost being that it makes the cigarcombustible at either end-that is, a person may take the cigar and lightit at either end with out having to query as to which end he shalllight.

Smoking articles which have been made so that they can be lighted fromeither end, as far as I know, have never assumed the shape of a cigar,but have simply been made in the form of a cylinder, being made large orsmall according as they are to be used as cigars, cigarettes, orcheroots; but a cigar or cigarette made according to my invention andhaving this structural character, with or without a spirally-disposedwrapper, has all the necessary requirementsof a regularly made cigar.

In order toinsure the retention of the wrapper upon the cigar, I applyto the edges 5 of the wrapper, either prior to being rolled around thebunch or during the process of .-rolling, gum or other adhesivematerial, which will secure the coils of the wrapper upon each other andprevent the same from becoming unwound as the cigar or cigarette isburned from either end.

I claim- 1. As a new article of manufacture, acigar having'its greatestdiameter centrally located,

and decreasing in diameter therefrom equally in both directions andterminatingin blunt and open ends smaller than the central sec- 5 tion,substantially as described.

2. A mass of tobacco, comprising an internal bunch or filler and aWrapper spirally disposed around it, the said mass being of the greatestdiameter in the center and decreas- [0 in g in diameter therefromequally in both direct-ions, terminatingin blunt and open ends smallerthan the central section, substantially as described.

Signed at the city, county, and State ol' New York, this 15th day ofDecember, 1890.

ADOLPH MOONELIS. \Vitnesses:

JOSEPH L. LEVY, HERBERT DURBUR.

